stijf
Dutch (Brabantic)
adj
Definitions
- stiff, rigid
- formalistic, posh
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch stijf inherited from Old Dutch *stīf inherited from Proto-Germanic *stīfaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*stīfaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bindlestiff English
- nonstiff English
- overstiff English
- stiff English
- stiff neck English
- stiff-necked English
- stiff-tailed duck English
- stiffen English
- stiffish English
- stifflike English
- stiffly English
- stiffnecked English
- stiffness English
- stiffship English
- stifftail English
- stiffware English
- stiffy English
- tiivis Finnish
- lijkstijfheid Dutch, Flemish
- staf Dutch, Flemish
- stevig Dutch, Flemish
- stevigheid Dutch, Flemish
- stijfheid Dutch, Flemish
- stijfsel Dutch, Flemish
- *steyp Proto-Indo-European
- *steypós Proto-Indo-European
- *stīfaz Proto-Germanic
- stif Old English
- stīf Old English
- stiff Middle English
- stevich Middle Dutch
- stijf Middle Dutch
- stēvich Middle Dutch
- stewig Afrikaans
- stīf Middle High German
- steif Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *stīf Old Dutch
- *stīf Old Saxon
- stīf Old Frisian